as in filled
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption
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Recent Examples of rife
At low tide, the pools on Olympic beaches are rife with starfish and crabs.
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Sarah Rose,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
This interregnum could be rife with abuses.
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Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
24 June 2026
But those chats are also rife with bullying and inappropriate content, completely unmonitored and unregulated.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
The Control universe is rife with sci-fi influences, with the fictional SCP Foundation sitting at the heart.
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George Yang,
Space.com,
22 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for rife
Sarah Rose,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
This interregnum could be rife with abuses.
—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
24 June 2026
But those chats are also rife with bullying and inappropriate content, completely unmonitored and unregulated.
—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
The Control universe is rife with sci-fi influences, with the fictional SCP Foundation sitting at the heart.
—
George Yang,
Space.com,
22 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for rife
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rife
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The Wall Street Journal featured Reese alongside WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson on its magazine cover, even after Caitlin Clark broke numerous records, filled arenas, and set new marks for WNBA broadcasts.
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The new system allows citations to be transmitted electronically and enter the court records system pre-filled.
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While alcohol, crowded waterways and heavy holiday traffic all contribute to an increase in emergency calls, fireworks generate the largest share of responses, according to authorities.
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Your personal life could feel crowded, unpredictable and emotionally overwhelming, Scorpio.
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In writing its founding narrative, Crymes speaks to the value of both working within the fraught systems of today and sensing beyond them to more flourishing possibilities for the future.
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The fraught subject of the proper disposition of those human remains has taken on a new sensitivity — both for the prehistoric people’s Native American successors in Florida, and for the archaeologists and developers encountering them.
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Cheap, abundant labor is exactly the condition under which a company most needs a grown-up in the room to decide what all that fast output should add up to.
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English colonists from Barbados and Bermuda settled in the region during that time, bringing with them enslaved Africans with their own abundant culinary heritage.
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With campaigns and outside super PACs flooding the zone with money, television, radio and social media were awash with ads for candidates vying in deep-blue NY-12, NY-10, NY-13 and NY-7, all of which are considered up for grabs to greater or lesser degrees.
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The spaces are awash in charcoal and ivory hues, punctuated by burgundy and fuchsia accents, which makes the decor feel timeless.
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During the huge Round of 32 knockout showdown, packed crowds inside the legendary Estadio Azteca generated enough ground movement to trigger local seismic monitoring equipment.
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The road was so packed that his feet disappeared along the pavement, obstructed from view by those leading and those lagging behind.
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The new findings are confounding scientists’ expectations, raising questions about how exactly molecules can encounter their reactive partners in a teeming, crowded space — and therefore how cells can possibly function.
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The main highway leading south from Beirut was jammed Tuesday with people displaced from southern Lebanon returning to their homes.
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The main highway leading south from Beirut was jammed Tuesday with people displaced from southern Lebanon returning to their homes.
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“Rife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rife. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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